This is the post for my homework with the subject “Digitalized Working Environment”.
“Evaluate the risks of open digital society. Utilize the Data protection reform. On 2016 the general data protection regulation entered into force and it was applied from 2018. How it effects in your personal/working life? What positive and negative effects you can see in that?”
The open digital world carries hazards as well as possibilities. Entering into effect in 2016 and used starting in 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) seeks to safeguard personal data and privacy. This power over data helps people to influence both their personal and professional life. GDPR guarantees the right to access, correct, and delete data, therefore guiding personal information handling with respect. This builds confidence and security in online contacts. GDPR calls for more stringent data handling policies in professional environments, therefore improving data security but also adding administrative load.
Improved data protection and privacy as well as customer confidence building from GDPR could help to create more strong digital economies. Better data security policies force companies to take action, therefore lowering their chance of data leaks. Still, the control brings difficulties as well. Especially for small companies, the compliance criteria can be complicated and expensive. As businesses negotiate the strict regulations, this might impede creativity and slow down processes.
Within large Data and IoT, Kenneth Cukier’s concept of “big data is better data” emphasizes the possibility for enhanced creativity and decision-making. Still, the vast data collecting and analytic tools raise privacy questions. By enforcing clear data use rules and mandating explicit permission for data collecting, GDPR reduces these dangers. Marco Annunziata’s observations on the industrial internet draw attention to how linked devices are transforming sectors to result in efficiency and creativity. Still, these developments raise data volume and call for strong security policies to stop abuse.
Another crucial factor is cybersecurity. Andy Yen’s talk on email privacy and James Lyne’s analysis of regular cybercrime highlight the fragility of digital communications and the widespread character of cyberthreats. By requiring strict data protection methods and thereby lowering the danger of cyberattacks, GDPR increases cybersecurity. But the changing character of cyberthreats calls for constant security measure changes, which could be costly.
Future ideas of technology, as given by speakers like Pranav Mistry and Maurice Conti, investigate the possibilities of creative technologies including intuitive artificial intelligence and sixth sense. These developments offer improved interactivity and efficiency, therefore transforming daily living and working surroundings. GDPR guarantees that, as these technologies develop, data privacy and protection always come first, therefore preventing possible exploitation of personal data.
All things considered, advances in technology enable the open digital society—which has many advantages like better data-driven decision-making, industrial efficiency, and creative future technologies. Protection of personal data, building confidence, and improvement of cybersecurity depend on GDPR in great part. But the control also presents major compliance issues, especially for smaller businesses, and calls for ongoing adaptation to changing cyber hazards.
Both my personal and professional life have been much changed by the GDPR and Data Protection Reform. I had online-stores in the past, and might have in the future.
Positive results:
- Enhanced confidence among consumers in sharing their data helps my online sales company.
- Fundamental rules: guidelines for data management to guarantee compliance and lower legal risks.
Negative results:
- Compliance calls for time and money to carry the required adjustments in administration.
- Expanding new systems and training personnel can be costly for big businesses, and for my small projects t could be just annoying.
- Navigating rules may be difficult and time-consuming.
Sources
- Kenneth Cukier: Big data is better data
- Marco Annunziata: Welcome to the age of the industrial internet
- Andy Yen: Think your email’s private?
- James Lyne: Everyday Cybercrime – and what you can do about it
- Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
- Office of Today, Workplace of Tomorrow
- Watch your day in 2020
- Maurice Conti: The incredible inventions of intuitive AI
- European Union: Data protection reform and What is GDPR?
Software used
- Grammarly, the spell checker.
- Quillbot, the parahraser tool.